Bill Text: NC H1762 | 2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Domestic Violence Training for Judges
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-20 - Ch. SL 2010-106 [H1762 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2010-H1762-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2010-106
HOUSE BILL 1762
AN ACT to request that the North carolina supreme court establish minimum standards of Domestic VIOLENCE education and training for district Court judges, and to encourage the University of North Carolina School of Government to provide domestic Violence education and Training for judges and magistrates, as recommended by the joint legislative committee on domestic violence.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. The North Carolina Supreme Court is respectfully requested to adopt rules establishing minimum standards of education and training for district court judges in handling civil and criminal domestic violence cases.
SECTION 2. The University of North Carolina School of Government is encouraged to provide education and training opportunities for district court judges and magistrates in the handling of civil and criminal domestic violence cases.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of July, 2010.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 3:16 p.m. this 20th day of July, 2010
